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I agree, meditative, calming. . . . I find I lean towards that flavah lately and I find this "GORGEOUS" as Shawn would say. (See, I'm thinking of you Shawn!)

I haven't spun Haunted Heart in a while, but the playing fits in with the whole album flavor to me, and it didn't really suggest "Smooth" so much as it did a forties and fifties buttery Presidential tenor tone interpretation. . . .

Thanks again to Chris for this one! The lovely Una . . . and Pat Flowers.

I'm really enjoying the new Alice Coltrane. It's nicely recorded. Beautiful music. One person (whose ears I respect) felt it seemed a little safe. Well, maybe. I mean she may have been playing it safe to get it out there and to maybe get another one out behind it (not sure if she's interested in playing that game or not!) BUT I think if it were any less safe we'd have a cd full of tunes like the final track, which is like what she has put out in the last few decades on her own (I still haven't heard one of those, but I bet it is similar. . . ) I especially like the duo with Oran, and man I MISSED that Wurlitzer sound!

John, WD: Many thanks for posting those!

I must be continuing my weird off the beaten pathness. . .I would choose "Out of the Past."

Yes.

Say Ed. . . . I feel your pain. I feel a lot as you do, that the final attitude of Tom was a big mistake, and probably costly in more than one instance. Nor do I actually agree that this board is the cat's meow; I really honestly would rather be posting on a pre-cataclysm BNBB. I confess that my enthusiasm for BN output has been somewhat dampened as well. I am lucky in that in most cases I can purchase BN discs at a substantial discount with help of a friend. THAT spurs most of my purchases of material that I already own in cd form. . . . When I don't have the discount available, I don't buy generally speaking. Some aspects of the current reissue program bug me too. McMaster after McMaster. . . I prefer RVG and Addey as remasterers, I get less excited about appearances of items as Connoisseurs as a result. The difference is quite audible in my system and if I had my druthers. . . . I don't. Also some reissue choices just don't make as much sense to me as I think they could, and aspects of curatorship such as changing the status of some recordings from "unissued" to "REJECTED" in the latest discography kindof make me warm under the chin. . . . Anyway, the music is great. The reissue program and its producers. . . used to be better. My two cents.

That's how I hear the sound as well, and it definitely, definitely contributes to my lack of interest in this session. Also I don't think the performance is that great, partly because I don't really think everyone was really "in the same room, on the same page."

Hmmmm. . . I've always been severely bored with this one. . . bought it when it was released and the sound doesn't engage me and the players hardly do as well! Must just be me.

There is always the RCA Desmond box which has most of the Mosaic and an additional session with Hall. . . and is cheaper. . . affordable for a station! (Can often be had at less than list price).

Not surprisingly, I'm in the same boat Jim.